Improvement in corsets



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timidi tti5 THOMAS S. GILBERT, CF BIRMNGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

Leners Parent No. 113,419, dared April 4, 1371.

IMPROVEMENT IN C ORSETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, THOMAS S. GILBERT, of Birmingham, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement' in Corsets, of which the following is a specification. l

Nature and Objects of the Invention. 1-

'My corset, in its preferred form, is made in four or more transverse sectionsconnected by tape, which is woven with two open edges, to contain thefedges of the sections, the intermediate central part of the tape forming a partof the body of the corset.

By locating one of the horizontal seams thusformed at the snraiest circumference of the garment the central zone is adapted much more coinpactly and perfectly to the contour of the body, while the additional horizontal seams above and below admit ofimparting the required fullness to the upper and lower parts.

Description of the Accompanying Dran-ing.

Figure l is a front view of a corset illustrating my f Genera-l Description.-

A B C D represent four transverse sections, forming, .with the horizontal or circumferential tapes E, the body of the corset.

The tapes E are Woven with open edges c e, to -receiv'e the edges of the sections. Y

The tapes thus form a portion ofthe web of the corset, and the junctions are formed without any turned seams, so' that the entire w'eb is free from ridges or protuberances, which, in corsets of common coustruction,y apart from their unsightliness', cause serious discolnfort and inconvenience to the wearer.

'.lhe first part of myinvention may be carried out in an inferior manner by connecting the diii'erent transverse sections of the corset by'conimon seams, the edges of the fabric where the said central seam is to be formed being so curved as to impart a proper full# ness to the upper and lower edges of the zone.

I am thus enabled to provide a garment having a better lit than is possible with a corset made with a l waist seam only, or with a -central zone without a seam precisely atthe waist or smallest part.

-The lacing of the corset may be located either at the Vback or sidesgand the springs, clasps, and other .parts may be constructed and arranged in any usual but I have foundv by experiment that serions defectsl existing in both of these systems may be overcome by constructing thezone itselfin two distinct parts, 'where-l by l am enabled to give to the zone au exactness of i form which is otherwise impossible, and. am enabled to depend solelyon the `central part of the corset for the fit, leaving theJ upper and! lower partsmore free than is possible with a corset made in but two or even in thre'e parts. v

My corset is believed, on this account', to combine accurateness and closeness of iit with perfect ease to the wearer, to a degree that is unattainable with any1 other construction and with this closeness of fit it isof especial and great. advantage to have the sections connected by my open-edged tape, (arranged horizouf4 tally, as described,) so as yto entirely avoid the use of turned seams. 1

Claim.

I claim as my invention 1. A corset formed with a central zone made in two parts connected by a circumferential waist-seamand with additional sections above and bclow'the said central zone, to admit of imparting the necessaryV fullness to the upper and lower partsof the corset.

2. n a corset constructed as specified in the first claim, uniting the transverse sections by circumferential tapes with open edges, so that the intermediatecentral parts of said tapes will constitute portions of the web of the corset, as explained.

Witnesses: THOS. S. GILBERT.

WM. H. BnnRE'roN, J r., OcrAvIUs KNIGHT. 

